Alternate Demonyms

hey, all. a thought occurred to me recently concerning some of the countries in my ASB ATL. basically, i'm unsure as to what you'd call people from those countries since the names aren't exactly comparable to an OTL country from what i can tell. specifically, i'm wondering about:
  • Marrakesh (my first choice for a name-change to Morocco, after the capital city)
  • Maghreb (my second choice for a name-change to Morocco)
  • Bechuanaland
  • Cap Vert (Cape Verde as controlled by France)
  • Dahomey
  • Hausaland
  • Kanem
  • Togoland
  • Upper Volta
  • White Nile Protectorate (in the area of OTL South Sudan)
  • Nawabs of the Carnatic (in the area of OTL Karnataka)
  • Hatay
  • Hejaz
  • Maratha (in the area of OTL Maharashtra)
  • Muscat and Oman (Omani will be the default, but i'm mainly wondering about the Muscat part, since that has precedence here)
  • Nejd (Saudi Arabia)
  • Rangoon (in the area of Burma; like Marrakesh above, it's a renamed-after-the-capital-city situation)
  • Aden (this one's an informal name since the country itself is "South Arabian Federation" with its capital at Aden)
  • Aegean
  • Baden
  • Danzig
  • Charcas (Bolivia--off the top of my head, it's probably a toss-up between Charcan and Charcasan)
  • New Granada and Venezuela (like Muscat and Oman, i'm uncertain about which one should be used, and otherwise it's already decided)
  • Rio de la Plata

any help on this? and feel free to ask your own questions concerning demonyms as well.
 

Asami

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  • Marrakesh: Marrakeshid/Marrakeshi/Moorish
  • Maghreb: Maghrebi
  • Bechuanaland: Bechuanalander/Bechuana
  • Cap Vert (Cape Verde as controlled by France): Vertan/Vertaner
  • Dahomey: Dahomeyan
  • Hausaland: Hausa/Hausan
  • Kanem: Kanem/Kanemic
  • Togoland: Togo/Togoish
  • Upper Volta: Voltan/Voltic
  • Hatay: Hatayan
  • Hejaz: Hejazi
  • Maratha (in the area of OTL Maharashtra): Marathan
  • Muscat and Oman (Omani will be the default, but i'm mainly wondering about the Muscat part, since that has precedence here): Muscati? Muscatid?
  • Nejd (Saudi Arabia): Nejdi?
  • Aden (this one's an informal name since the country itself is "South Arabian Federation" with its capital at Aden): Adener?
  • Aegean: Aegean
  • Baden: Badener
  • Danzig: Danziger
  • Rio de la Plata: Platan
 
hey, all. a thought occurred to me recently concerning some of the countries in my ASB ATL. basically, i'm unsure as to what you'd call people from those countries since the names aren't exactly comparable to an OTL country from what i can tell. specifically, i'm wondering about:
  • Marrakesh (my first choice for a name-change to Morocco, after the capital city)- Marrakeshi, though I think the otl name of the country derives from the city, actually
  • Maghreb (my second choice for a name-change to Morocco)- Maghrebi
  • Bechuanaland - Bechuana
  • Cap Vert (Cape Verde as controlled by France)- Vertian, pronounced Ver-shyan?
  • Dahomey - ?
  • Hausaland - Hausa
  • Kanem - Kanem
  • Togoland - Togoan?
  • Upper Volta - Voltan
  • White Nile Protectorate (in the area of OTL South Sudan)- probably the dominant ethnic grpup or Sudanese, possibly redone as Suddanese
  • Nawabs of the Carnatic (in the area of OTL Karnataka)- Nawabi/Karnatak?
  • Hatay - no idea
  • Hejaz - Hejazi
  • Maratha (in the area of OTL Maharashtra)- Marathi
  • Muscat and Oman (Omani will be the default, but i'm mainly wondering about the Muscat part, since that has precedence here)- Probably jus Omani
  • Nejd (Saudi Arabia)- Nejdi
  • Rangoon (in the area of Burma; like Marrakesh above, it's a renamed-after-the-capital-city situation)- ?
  • Aden (this one's an informal name since the country itself is "South Arabian Federation" with its capital at Aden)- Adenese/South Arabian
  • Aegean- Aegean
  • Baden- ?
  • Danzig- ?
  • Charcas (Bolivia--off the top of my head, it's probably a toss-up between Charcan and Charcasan) - ?
  • New Granada and Venezuela (like Muscat and Oman, i'm uncertain about which one should be used, and otherwise it's already decided)- New Grenadine or Venezuelan
  • Rio de la Plata - Platine, La Platan

any help on this? and feel free to ask your own questions concerning demonyms as well.

My guesses, based partially on rl ones I knew and others on what seemed natural to me. Sorry about the formatting, was on a phone.
 
  • Marrakesh (my first choice for a name-change to Morocco, after the capital city) - Marrakeshi or Murrakushi
  • Maghreb (my second choice for a name-change to Morocco) - Maghrebi, obviously
  • Bechuanaland - Bechuanalander, though 'Chuanalander is probably grammatically more accurate (Botswana = Tswana-Land)
  • Cap Vert (Cape Verde as controlled by France) - Vertiens/Vertians
  • Dahomey - Dahomiens/Dahomeians
  • Hausaland - Hausa (or any of the exonyms, e.g. Ausa/Awsa, Kado etc.)
  • Kanem - Kanem
  • Togoland - Togolese (French colony), Togolander (German colony)
  • Upper Volta - Voltiens/Wagadugi (from Wagadugu)
  • White Nile Protectorate (in the area of OTL South Sudan) - Black/South Sudanese (as opposed to 'Arab' Sudanese). Nubians could be an artistic alternative.
  • Nawabs of the Carnatic (in the area of OTL Karnataka) - Carnacticans, or the major city (e.g. Madrasian)
  • Hatay - Hataiens/Hataians (French), Hatay (Turkish)
  • Hejaz - Hejazi/Hedjazi
  • Maratha (in the area of OTL Maharashtra) - Marathi
  • Muscat and Oman (Omani will be the default, but i'm mainly wondering about the Muscat part, since that has precedence here) - Muscati, or more likely, the exonym of the dominant tribe - Saidi
  • Nejd (Saudi Arabia) - Najdi/Nejdi, or the dominant tribe name (e.g. Saudi/Rashidi)
  • Rangoon (in the area of Burma; like Marrakesh above, it's a renamed-after-the-capital-city situation) - Rangoonese
  • Aden (this one's an informal name since the country itself is "South Arabian Federation" with its capital at Aden) - Adani/Adeni (or just the dominant area of the SAF e.g. Yemeni)
  • Aegean - Aegean
  • Baden - Badener/Badner
  • Danzig - Danziger (German), Gdanskiej/Gdansky/Dansky (Polish)
  • Charcas (Bolivia--off the top of my head, it's probably a toss-up between Charcan and Charcasan) - Charcan
  • New Granada and Venezuela (like Muscat and Oman, i'm uncertain about which one should be used, and otherwise it's already decided) - Venezuelan would probably be simpler to avoid confusion, though New Granadan/Grenadan is certainly OK.
  • Rio de la Plata - Platine
any help on this? and feel free to ask your own questions concerning demonyms as well.
 
  • Danzig - Danziger (German), Gdanskiej/Gdansky/Dansky (Polish)
any help on this? and feel free to ask your own questions concerning demonyms as well.

Regarding Danzig/Gdańsk - in Polish a male citizen of this city is called Gdańszczanin, a female citizen - Gdańszczanka, and in plural it would be Gdańszczanie.
 
bumping my own thread for a quick inquiry. which do you all think is a more plausible demonym: Adeni or Adenese?
 
I think Adeni and Adenese both work, but I could see English speakers using Adenese regardless of whether or not it was *technically* the correct term
 
For New Granada, in historical context, I tend to use Neogranadine - I think that term fits in pretty well.
 
thought i'd bump my own thread with a further query: what does everyone think citizens of the Mughal Empire would be called?
 
there's also two or three other Indian states ITTL, so i'm specifically looking for something that would refer to the Mughal Empire ;) my default choice is Mughals, but 1) i don't like the sound of that, and 2) i'm pretty sure that mainly refers to the rulers of the Mughal Empire

and i just realized that i didn't look far enough into my own primary sources :p i now see two options: Mughlai, as mentioned before, or Gurkani, which is apparently what the Mughals called themselves. which do you all think sounds better as a modern demonym?
 
Gurkani/Gurgani is the dynastic name they used, along with Timuriyyah. The people under the Mughal would be Hindustani or Hindi, after the land.

And Maratha is the demonym for the people. The land is called Maharashtra, the people Marathas, and the language Marathi.

The Carnatic did not include Karnataka. It was mostly Tamil-speaking. It might be called Karnataka though, with Mysore remaining the name for the Kannada speaking regions. So, Karnatak/Karnataka, with its people called Karnatakans (?); who would be distinct from the Kannada people and language.
 
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